Posted on 11/13/2025 2:48:10 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has picked former Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan to serve as co-chair of his transition team…Khan — a 36-year-old Democrat who bought major cases against Meta and Amazon while running the FTC from 2021 to 2025 — surprised some onlookers on Wednesday as she appeared alongside Mamdani at his first post-election press conference.
During her time at the FTC, Khan waged an unsuccessful fight to stop Microsoft’s acquisition of video game giant Activision-Blizzard; blocked an attempted merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons and enacted a ban on non-compete agreements when workers switch jobs, which was later reversed in court.
…Khan’s hard-charging approach to antitrust enforcement even drew support from so-called “Khanservatives” on the right, including Vice President JD Vance and Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri.
“I guess I look at Lina Khan as one of the few people in the Biden administration who I think is doing a pretty good job,” Vance said at an antitrust conference sponsored by Silicon Valley startup incubator Y Combinator last year.
At the same time, Khan has received fierce support from so-called “Little Tech” startups who were largely supportive of her efforts to break up dominant rivals...
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Matt Gaetz has also sung her praises.
Khan job.
YAWN
The new commie-mayor in Seattle just announced Obama-Food Care. The “Public Groceries Option”, for the people, where dogs outnumber children six to one.
Is she going to pay for the free candy?
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